Kerry to meet with Netanyahu

9/13/13 11:36 AM EDT

Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel Sunday, according to the State Department.

Kerry, who has been in talks with his Russian counterpart in Geneva to hammer out a process for securing Syria's chemical weapons, will discuss both the latest in that ongoing conflict and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with Netanyahu.

Earlier this week, the Israeli leader said the Assad regime should be stripped of chemical weapons, and that the world's response to Syria would send a message to Iran about consequences of the use of weapons of mass destruction.